[W126 Coupe] off topic 1938 550mk

[Hovsep Dovlatian]

Here is a link i ran into today may help:
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-Mercedes-Benz-380-500-540-K.htm


--- chris schafer <cjschafer at voyager.net> wrote:

> Have I got a story for you.
> I live in the country just outside of Columbus, Ohio
> and about ten or
> twelve years ago I had a neighbor by the name of CJ.
> 
> CJ was a rough long haired hard workin guy from the
> hills, he worked on
> cars at his home and he had a car hauler.
> 
> One day he shows up with a pre war MB roadster on
> the truck.
> 
> I rushed right over.
> 
> CJ tells me he's hauled these old cars before, has a
> special customer
> who likes them. It's kind of a secret so I don't ask
> anymore questions.
> 
> This was an unrestored car and I got to look it over
> pretty closely.
> Loved it!
> 
> Well don't you know, CJ shows up three or four more
> times hauling more
> pre-war MB 2 seaters. I think he stopped by once
> with one on the truck
> and one on a trailer.
> 
> Don't know where they came from, don't know where
> they went. 
> 
> Got pictures around here somewhere, I think.
> 
> Cheers all!
> Hope to see some MB drivers at Mid Ohio this
> weekend.
> Chris Schafer
> Millersport, Ohio  
> 
> > I don't know about a 38, but I have been in a '37
> MB
> > 500K that belonged to Laurl and Hardy (one of
> them). 
> > That had mother of pearl dash, and all the accents
> > inside that looked like chrome were sterling
> silver. 
> > Car was a beaut.  This was about 10-12 years ago,
> and
> > it was going for $1.3M
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > --- Tom Oelsner <toelsner at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > A couple of nights ago there was a show on the
> > > Discovery Channel about WWII
> > > cars.  One of the cars was a 1938 MBZ 550MK
> > > (MK550?).  This car was about
> > > the most gorgeous car I have ever seen with what
> > > appeared to be a mother of
> > > pearl dashboard.  Has anybody heard of this car?
>  A
> > > Google search showed
> > > nothing.  Also shown was a 770 series that was a
> > > large luxury vehicle
> > > (usually chauffer driven).  There were only
> about
> > > 300 made and many of them
> > > went to ruin, scavenged for parts and just left
> by
> > > the side of the road as
> > > the war wore down.
> > > Tom Oelsner
> > > 
> > > 
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